{"id":91014,"date":"2025-09-17T09:30:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T09:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tv.guardian.ng\/?p=91014"},"modified":"2025-09-17T09:30:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T09:30:02","slug":"treasure-island-kuwait-uncovers-its-past-through-archaeology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/treasure-island-kuwait-uncovers-its-past-through-archaeology\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Treasure Island&#8217;: Kuwait uncovers its past through archaeology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dailymotion-player\"><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/x1ee8e.js\" data-video=\"k1p0gjd7duwmZRDR5Q6\"><\/script><\/div><br><br><p>\nLong perceived as a young state with little past, Kuwait intends to write its own history. In this Gulf emirate of 4 million inhabitants, archaeology has become a national priority, accounting for a quarter of the cultural budget. Excavations are being carried out throughout the country, including at Christian sites. This is a way for Kuwait to assert its identity and show the world that it&#8217;s not just an oil state. FRANCE 24&#8217;s L\u00e9a Delfolie and Jules Pilorge report.<\/p>\n"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long perceived as a young state with little past, Kuwait intends to write its own history. In this Gulf emirate of 4 million inhabitants, archaeology has become a national priority, accounting for a quarter of the cultural budget. Excavations are being carried out throughout the country, including at Christian sites. This is a way for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91015,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gam_disable_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1539],"tags":[38455,3783,38454],"class_list":["post-91014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-archaeology","tag-kuwait","tag-treasure-island"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91014"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91058,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91014\/revisions\/91058"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}